Right and left basin-cock.



No. 879,401. PATENTBD FEB. 18, 1908. P. & H. MUELLER.

RIGHT AND LEFT BASIN COCK.

APPL'IUATION FILED JUNE 19, 1906.

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No. 879,401. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

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RIGHT AND LEFT BASIN COCK.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

PHILIP MUELLER AND HENRY MUELLER, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO H.

MUELLER MANUFACTURING or ILLINoIs.

COMPANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION RIGHT AND LEFT BASIN-COCK.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PHILIP MUELLER and HENRY MUELLER, residents of the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Right and Left Basin-Cock, of which the following is a specification. l

The object of this invention is to provide a cock that may be readily adapted for use either as a right hand cock or a left hand cock,

Theinvention is exemplified in the structure hereinafter described and it is defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is an elevation of a basin cock embodying our improvements, the spout and securing nut therefor being shown in one position in solid lines and in the opposite position. in broken lines. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a part of the bodyof the cock, showing certain peculiarities of the invention. Fig. 3 is a detail of the ball stem and a fragment of the handle stem, showing how the ball stem is turned aside at its upper end to accommodate the connecting extension of the spout. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through that part of the body with which the spout Connects, showing the spout connected therewith. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through thatpart of the body with which the spout connects, showing the spout in connection therewith and. illustrating the location of the ball stem eccentric with relation to the connecting extension of the spout.

The cock is of the Fuller type and it may be made of any size, shape or proportion consistent with the peculiarities hereinafter described and claimed.

The body 1 has circular spout openings 1 on opposite sides and the walls 1 of said openings are beveled. A notch 1 is formed in each beveled wall of the spout openings 1, as shown in Figs 2 and 4, and the notches ooact with a pin on the spout to hold the spout in proper position in the body while the con nection of the spout with the body is made. The spout 2 has a beveled bearing surface 3 which conforms to the beveled walls of the openings in the cock body, 'and it also has the flat and rather thin securing extension 4 which stands on edge and projects into the body of the cock through one of the openings therein, When the spout is connected with the body. The extension 4 is slotted near its conjunction with the spout, as shown at 5 in Fig. 4, and its other end is contracted, rounded and threaded, as shown at 6. A nut 7 is adapted to be screwed onto the threaded end of the spout extension and it has a beveled bearing surface 9 which corresponds with the bearing 3 of the spout and conforms to the openings the cock body. A pin 8; seen only in Fig. 4, is formed on the beveled bearing surface of the spout, preferably adjacent to one of the edges of the extension 4, and it fits in a notch 1 in the wall of an openigg into the cock body, when the spout is in ace. p The handle 11 is fastened onto the outer end of shaft 10, and the inner end 12 of shaft 10 is shortened to bring the eccentric bearing '13 to one side of the center ofthe cock body, out of the way of the securing extension 4 for the spout. The eye 14 at the upper end of the ball stem 15 is turned aside or deflected to avoid extension 4 and connect with eccentric 13. The ball valve 16 is secured to stem 15 and it is opened and closed by rocking the handle, after the usual mode of operation in Fuller cocks.

The spout is held in connection with the cock body by means of the nut screwed onto the extension 4, there being a direct pull through the extension on the beveled ground joints, and the nut and the spout effectively close the openings through the cock body.

The slot 5 5 makes a free passage way from the cock body to the spout, as indicated by arrows in Fig. 4.

In changing the cock from a left hand to a right hand, or the reverse, the nut 7 is unscrewed, the spout is disconnected from the body, the extension 4 is inserted through the opposite side opening in the cock body, with pin 8 resting in a notch 1, and the nut is placed in the opening previously occupied by the spout and screwed onto the threaded end 6 of the extension 4. The engagement of the pin 8 with a notch l assures proper presentation of the spout and it holds the spout in place While the nut 7 is being tightened.

The nut 7 is preferably formed with a projecting polygonal wrench seat, in order to facilitate removal of the spout while the cock is i1111 place with the nut presented toward a Wa What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a cock, the combination of a body having spout openings on opposite sides, a spout shaped to close either of the openings, an extension of the spout having a threaded end, and a nut on said end and closing the opposite opening in the body, substantially as described.

2. In a cook, the combination of a body having spout openings on opposite sides, the walls of said openings being circular and beveled, a spout'having a bearing surface adapted to close either of said openings, an extension of the spout adapted to pass through the body and having a threaded end, and a nut for the threaded end of the spout extension having a circular, beveled bearing surface adapted to the openings in the cock body, substantially as described. 7 3. In a cock, the combination of a body having spout openings on opposite sides, a spout shaped to close either of the openings, an extension of the spout adapted to pass through the body and having a threaded end and a slot at the conjunction of the extension with the spout, and a nut connecting with the threaded end of the spout extension and closing the opposite opening in the body, substantially ar described.

4. In a cock of the Fuller type,the corn bination of a body having spout openings on opposite sides, a spout shaped to close either opening, a thin extension of the spout having a threaded end, a nut connecting with the spout extension and closin the opposite opening in the body, a handle shaft having an eccentric for the ball stem placed at one side of the spout extension, and a ball stein deflected at its upper end to connect with the eccentric, substantially as described.

5. In a cock, the combination of a body having spout openings on op osite sides, a spout shaped to close either 0 the openings, an extension of the spout adapted to pass through the body and having a threaded end, a nut connected with the threaded end of the spout extension and closing the opposite opening in the body, notches in the walls of t e openings and a pin on the spout adapted to engage either notch, substantially as described.

6. In a cock of the Fuller type, the combination of the body having opposite lateral circular openings, each with a notch in its wall, a spout shaped to fit either opening, a pin on the spout engaging said notch when the spout is in proper position, a thin exten sion at the inner end of the spout ada ted to pass through and stand on edge wit in the ody and having a threaded end, said extension being slotted at its juncture with the spout, and a nut on said threaded end adapted to fitithe other opening and close its notch.

7. In a cock of the Fuller type, the combination with the body having opposite lateral openings, a spout shaped to fit either opening, an extension having a thin portion standing on edge across the inner end of the spout and projecting through the body, and means connected with the extension for 010s ing the other opening of a handle shaft having an eccentric standing at one side of said extension, a valve, and a valve stem having an eye engaging said eccentric.

8. In a cock of the Fuller type, the combination with the body having opposite lateral openings, a spout shaped to fit either opening, an extension having a thin portion standing on edge across the inner end of the spout and projecting through the body, and means connected with the extension for closing the other opening; of a handle shaft standing at right angles to the length of said extension, an eccentric at its inner end at one side of the extension, a valve, and a stem leading from the valve to the eccentric and deflected so as to pass to one side of said extension.

9. In a cock of the Fuller type, the combination with the body having opposite lateral openings, a spout shaped to fit either opening, an extension having a thin portion standing on edge across the inner end of the spout and projecting through the body, and means connected with the extension for closin the other opening; of a handle shaft journa led in the body in a plane at right angles to the width of the extension, an eccentric thereon standing at one side of the extension, a valve movable on a line at right angles to the length of both the shaft and extension, and a valve stem connecting the 'valve and eccentric.

, 10. In a cock of the Fuller type, the combination with the body having opposite lateral openings, a spout shaped to fit either opening, an extension having a thin portion .standing on edge across the inner end of the spout and projecting through the body, and means connected with the extension for closing the other opening; of a handle shaft journaled in the body in a plane at right angles to the width of the extension, an eccentric thereon standing at one side of the extension, a valve movable on a line at right angles to the length of both the shaft and extension, and a stem connecting the valve and eccentric and deflected between its ends so that the valve moves in the vertical plane of the extension while the shaft stands. in a horizontal plane with said. extension.

In testimony whereof We sign our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP MUELLER. HENRY MUELLER. 

